Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-18

And Young Mr.. George Gould II the
Happy Father or . Nine.Pouud
Roy that Looks Like Him.
New York Sun, 17th.l

Mr.. George Gould was at his Office
in the Western Union building but q
very few minutes yesterday. lie pro-
baby would not have remained there
longer if stocks had played antics
enough TO break dozen brokers.
There is one thing in every well-regu-
lated mans life, beside which railroads,
telegiaphs, bonds, and stocks sink into
insignificance, and that was what called
Mr.. Gould from his Office.
Young Mr.. Gould entered his Office
at sprightly gait, and there were dis
tinct traces of bubbling Joy in his de-
meanor. Mr.. Jay Gould walked in
with him, and he, too, wore o sug-
gestive smile, which, as he set about
his duties, seemed to say that, while he
was almost too busy to think Of it, he
was really happier than he had been
| for many a day.
OF course it all got ont Some things
can be kept quiet, but there are others
that fill man up aud run him over,
and lie can't help telling all about
them. ANY one would have thought
few minutes after Mr.. Gould reached
his office that the Western Union had
| gobbled up every wire in the country.
But without stopping there, the ex-
huberance of feeling began to spread
to Missouri Pacific, to the Kansas and
Texas, to the Wabash, st. Louis and
Pacific, to the st. Louis and Iron
Mountain, and it even got down to II
Broadway and made smiles in the
Office of the Manhattan Elevated.
The sweet little cause of all this
was trying mean while to kick
his little toes through the silk
coyerlid which hid all but his little
face as he lay at east Forty seventh
street.
DR.. George Fowler, OF Brooklyn,
called at / east Forty seventh street
early Monday morning, and at just
7:30 p. NJ. a son was born to Mr.. George
Gould and Mrs. Edith Kingdom Gould.
He tipped the kitchen scales ct just
nine pounds. Ticking on the wires to
Irvington little later flew brief mes
sage which carried the first instalment
of Joy to Mr.. Jay Gould, who went to
bed with the blessed realization of being
a grandfather. He got an earlier start
than usual yesterday morning. Per-
haps he hurried through his breakfast q
little, but at any rate the ATLANTA,
which is sort of timepiece for people
living On the Hudson below Irvington,
made people think their watches were
losing time. The big yacht bounded
along at a rapid rate, kicking up long
white track of foam behind, which
spread ont on big ripples to either
shore. Jay Gould sat up by the wheel
and seemed to find little of interest i'll
his newspaper, and the first thing he
did after leaving the ATLANTA was to
60 to 1 east Forty-seventh street.
The meeting between Mr.. Jay Gould
and his grandson was held with closed
doors, but any grandfather who remem-
beis how be felt and what ne did when
he first saw his first grandson knows all
about it. OF course be wanted to take
the dainty little bundle in his lap and
shake its pink little feet at each other
and chuck it under the chin, but the
nurse restrained HIM, and he sat and
looked at the young heir through bis
gold-bowed spectacles, watching him
closer than he ever watched ticker,
and with rs much delight.
The little grandson took it very nat
urally. He didn't know Mr.. Jay Gould
at first, and nade faces at him. Then
lie put up his chubby little fists and
spent some time in struggling to grasp
something in the air. And, though he
didn't get hold of anything, he showed
that he was bern to be a good grasper,
and Mr.. Gould seemed pleased.
The youngest Gould is striking
brunette, like his father. He has little |
black eyes that are very bright, and |
both Mr. and Mrs. George Gould think |
he is the sweetest little bundle of great |
possibilities ever in this city or any
other. He has as yet developed no |
talent for the stage. he hasn't been
named yet
81 Will leave that to Mrs. Gould"
said Mr.. George Gould yesterday, |
speaking of name for his son. Il |
can t tell what the name will be-" Jay |
Kingdom Gould has been suggested.
Mr.. George Gould, the eldest son of
Jay Gould, was married to Miss Filth
Kingdom. formerly the leading actress
of Days company, at Jay Gould's
summer home, Lyndhurst, in Irving
ton, on September II, 1856. 1t was a
notable wedding, with not more than q
dozen people present. Mr.. Jay Gould
and Mr.. George Gould, with his bride
elect, and Mrs. Kingdom, sailed up
from New York that afternoon on the
ATLANTA, and the wedding took place
at dusk. Mr.. George Gould was at his